We all have power, whether we want to acknowledge it or not. The question is, how are we choosing to use it?

We need to take our power back in healthy ways. We need to access forms of power that help to heal a fractured world. We need to access forms of power that help to heal ourselves.

In many ways, de-escalation is not only a skill, it’s an art. There are so many things that can make or break how effectively we are able to turn down the dial of intensity, both within ourselves and with others. One thing is for sure: there’s no hope of being able to effectively de-escalate a situation if we’re all worked up too.

What’s your perspective? Are you aware of how you’re perceiving something?
These might sound like simple questions, but there’s a lot that goes into it. Often so much that we don’t even realize.

Challenges in life are everywhere. They are going to have a big impact on our life, no matter what. But what kind of impact? The kind that teaches us that we’re not good enough, and that it’s too hard? Or will they have the kind of impact that teaches us to grow, to overcome, and to rise?

Something important to consider is that kindness is not the same thing as niceness. We are so often taught to “be nice”, but this comes with many explicit and implicit expectations…

Confusion can be like a sign post, alerting us that there is more to be discovered here, about ourselves, about others, about our environment, about our world.